Girl · Cornish
Ia
Say it: EE-uh
Meaning
Uncertain.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 149 babies given this name since 1980
- At its height in 1989, about 1 in 153,600 girls
- 5 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Saint Ia, after whom St Ives in Cornwall is named
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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